Broadcasting
Found in 507 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 07 Oct 1942
Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "personal and most secret" describing what type of records should be made for use with "Aspidistra" (powerful British radio transmitter) to assist "Torch" [codename for allied occupation of French north-west Africa].
(Untitled), 07 Oct 1942
Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "personal and most secret" requesting immediate priority be given to the supply of six tubes required as essential spares for "Aspidistra" (powerful British radio transmitter) to assist "Torch" [codename for allied occupation of French north-west Africa].
(Untitled), 09 Oct 1942
Telegram from Harry Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to the President of the United States] to WSC marked "personal and most secret" informing him that the tubes he has requested [for use in powerful British radio transmitter "Aspidistra"] are obsolescent and suggesting alternatives.
(Untitled), 09 Oct 1942
Telegram from WSC to Harry Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to the President of the United States] marked "personal and secret" stating that they were unaware that the tubes [for use in "Aspidistra", British radio transmitter] were no longer being manufactured and asking Hopkins to get in touch with Professor Bayly at the Office of Strategic Services in New York.
(Untitled), 10 Oct 1942
Telegram from Harry Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to the President of the United States] to WSC informing him that he expects to have three new and three used tubes [for use in "Aspidistra", British radio transmitter] by 13 Oct which he will forward by the first available air transport to Brendan Bracken [Minister of Information].
(Untitled), 10 Oct 1942
Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "most secret" informing WSC that he is making a radio disc [for broadcast by "Aspidistra", British radio transmitter] and stating that "while your French grammar is better than mine my accent is most alluring".
(Untitled), 09 Oct 1942
(Untitled), 06 Mar 1941
Letter from Sir Walter Citrine, General Secretary, Trades Union Congress and [President of the International Federation of Trade Unions], to Anthony Bevir, Private Secretary to WSC, protesting at censorship of his proposed broadcast to the United States and Canada on the indiscriminate character of German bombing; with a note by Bevir.
(Untitled), 09 May 1942
Telegram from WSC to Premier Joseph Stalin regarding convoys to the Soviet Union: outlines difficulties of sailing convoys to the Soviet Union; lists measures required from the Soviet Union to help protect convoys; states that he will be making the broadcast warning of British retaliation to German gas attacks upon Soviet Armies tomorrow.
(Untitled), 09 Jan 1931
Letter from 1st Lord Gainford [earlier Joseph Pease] (18 Mansfield Street, Cavendish Square, [London]) to WSC promising, as acting chairman of the BBC, to bring his request to John Whitley [to broadcast on India] before his Board.
(Untitled), 05 Feb 1931
Letter from WSC to John Whitley [Chairman of the BBC] asking for an opportunity to broadcast on India and explaining why he thinks that the permission given to Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Sir Max Aitken] to broadcast on Empire Free Trade has set a precedent for this. Signed carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 09 Feb 1931
Letter from H W Wilson (203 Elgin Avenue, London) to WSC explaining that the "Daily Mail" and the BBC are closely co-operating and that WSC will probably get the chance to broadcast on India if he asks Sir John Reith [later Lord Reith] to lunch.
(Untitled), 11 Feb 1931
Letter from 1st Lord Gainford [earlier Joseph Pease] (BBC, Savoy Hill, London) to WSC reporting that the BBC Board of Governors cannot reply to WSC's request to broadcast on India until they have consulted with the three party whips.
(Untitled), 13 Feb 1931
Letter from [WSC] to 1st Lord Gainford [later Joseph Pease] asking him to put his reply to his letter [asking the BBC to allow him to broadcast on India] in a form which can be published. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 13 Feb 1931
Letter from Sir John Reith [later Lord Reith] (Savoy Hill, London) to WSC inviting him to broadcast a talk on his experiences in South Africa as part of a series entitled "Escape".
(Untitled), 15 Feb 1931
Letter from [WSC] to Sir John Reith [later Lord Reith] stating that he does not wish to broadcast [on his escape in South Africa] but on nationally important issues or for charity.
(Untitled), 20 Feb 1931
Letter from G Bowey (Linden Garden Hotel, Linden Gardens, London) to WSC complaining that the Dunlop Tyre Company has been allowed to advertise its products on BBC radio broadcasts.
(Untitled), 26 Feb 1931
Letter from Sir John Reith [later Lord Reith] (BBC, Savoy Hill, London) to WSC explaining why the BBC Board of Governors cannot give further consideration to WSC's request to broadcast his own views on India.
(Untitled), 02 Mar 1931
Letter from WSC (Chartwell) to Sir John Reith [later Lord Reith] attacking as unfair the BBC's decision not to allow him to broadcast on India. Signed typescript copy. Annotated: "not sent".
(Untitled), 05 Feb 1931 - 27 Feb 1931
Copy of the correspondence between WSC and the BBC on his request to be allowed to broadcast on India. 5 sets of duplicates at CHAR 2/183/70-89.
(Untitled), 16 Jun 1931
Letter from Dudley Myers (Conservative and Unionist Central Office, Palace Chambers, Westminster, [London]) to Sir Alfred Knox listing the twelve recent BBC broadcasts on India and suggesting why the BBC refused to let WSC broadcast.
(Untitled), 02 Jul 1931
Letter from [WSC] to John Whitley pointing out that the recent political broadcasts on India have all to a greater or lesser extent called for the reduction of British authority there and asking Whitley to help him get the chance to state the British side of the case. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 30 Jul 1931
Letter from John Whitley (BBC, Savoy Hill, London) to WSC informing him that the BBC has decided that it would not be appropriate to broadcast another series of talks on India (including one by WSC) before the resumption of the Round Table Conference.
(Untitled), 08 Aug 1931
Letter from [WSC] to John Whitley protesting against the BBC's decision not to allow him to broadcast on India. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 03 Sep 1931
Letter from Sir John Reith [later Lord Reith] (BBC, Savoy Hill, London) to WSC enclosing CHAR 2/183/33-34 and inviting him to give a talk in a series conceived by H G Wells on what he would do with the world if suddenly put in charge of it.